[rescue] RS/6000 250 problems

[vance at neurotica.com]

You need AIX media.  The standalone diagnostics disks are based on AIX
3.2.5 and are quite outdated, and I don't know about you, but for me,
finding that many pristine (no bad sectors) floppies isn't easy.

Peace...  Sridhar

On Wed, 7 May 2003, Dan Williams wrote:

> > I never used a monitor, only a serial console. You only get output after
> > all the diagnostics have stopped and the three-digit display is off.
> > For that it needs to bootstrap AIX from harddisk, CDROM or floppy.
> >
> > Make sure the cable has DSR/DTR pins connected.
> >
> > Walter.
> > --
> > Walter Belgers         "Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus
> > walter at belgers.com       Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!"
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> That's probably why then, it's looking for the OS, I'm guessing there
> might be a problem with the drive. I can't find diagnostic disks or any
> such like on the IBM website. Are they still available from anywhere.
>
> Dan
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